i88 GANJAM. 



Chilka Lake from the sea is not more 

 than two miles wide, and it becomes 

 gradually narrower towards the spot 

 where the lake is open to the sea. Con- 

 siderable herds of antelope graze over 

 this plain, which is in parts thinly 

 clothed with grass, and they may be 

 stalked and coursed there. On one 

 occasion a deer drive of a singular kind 

 occurred on this narrow spit of land. 

 The 5th Regiment Native Infantry was 

 on the march from G-anjam to Pooree, 

 and as the cholera prevailed along the 

 high road west of the lake, the regiment 

 marched along its eastern side. The 

 antelope retired as the troops advanced, 

 accumulating before them in an increas- 

 ing multitude. Finding the spit nar- 

 rowing, the commanding officer formed 



